Criminology, John Widemans Bro

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determined early on that “ to get ahead, to make something of myself, college had seemed a logical, necessary step; my exile, my flight from home began with good grades, with good English” (27). In order for John to climb the social status, he realized that his only ticket out of poverty and his community is through a good education. Status must be earned through hard work and determination. Robert is just the opposite of John. Early on, Robert acknowledged that school and sports could not satisfy the glamour that Robert so much desired? Unlike John who disliked blackness, Robert “got a thing about black. See black was like the forbidden fruit” (84). Robert embraced the people living in Homewood, Pittsburgh. He felt connected to them especially when he discovered Garfield “cause that’s where the niggers was. Garfield was black” (85). By embracing what other people valued and thought, Robert incorporated the same criminal ...

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play a critical role in shaping the behavior of adolescence according to Cloward and Ohlin. There were lost opportunities when Robert’s family decided to move back to Homewood from Shadyside. A good education in a community that cared for the student was stripped from Robert’s grasp. Robert was never able to attend the school that his older brother had previous graduated from. Now living within the boundaries of the poor community, Robert is exposed to violence and the substandard values of the neighborhood. Homewood is a community that scared Robert’s Mother. Her prediction of trouble and Robert’s wild side connecting turned into reality “ [a]nd ...

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